Progress against the field
Between Johannesburg 2025 and Johannesburg 2026, Clara Manamela pulled 9:11 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:40 quicker, so 18:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Johannesburg 2025 → Cape Town 1 2026: 7:53 on the field in 125 days.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown.
Every race
6 races · 5 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Pro · Women1:19:23 PB23/90Beat 74%
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:14 PB92/684Beat 87%
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Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Pro · Women1:30:5827/77Beat 65%
↑ 57 days after Cape Town 1 2026 1:18 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 slower on the clock, but the race was 2:30 slower for everyone, so this was 1:18 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:30 slower This athlete1:12 slower -
Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Women1:29:4640/89Beat 55%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 7:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:53 better than the field: 20:03 faster on the clock, against 12:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →12:10 faster This athlete20:03 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Women1:49:4944/63Beat 30%
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Cape Town19 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Women1:30:21 PB276/723Beat 62%